Improvement in harness-saddles



P. BURNS. Hamam-Saddles.

NG. 234,62G. Paemed Apri E, 89.

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.Y details ofconstruction in the pad and its c0111-,

binat'io'n with the tree and mountngs, as will tbe hereinafter fully'set forth.

1 Referring to' the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the pad, showing .one side of Vthe yoke or'bridge secured to the terret-ring nut. Fig. 2 is the metal plate for the pad; and Fig.. 3 is the end of theV flanged tree or plu-te,- showing the recess or depression for the back-strap t Likeletters of reference indicate correspond- ,'A is the pad. B is the padfiron, of peculiar '-'constructiom and which embraces the chief lrecess, which, when the parts are properly adjusted, comes immediately underneath the shank-screw of the terret-ring, and prevents the contact of the shank with the filling ofthe pad. The plate B is shown separately in Fig.

2, with recess C, and is screw-tapped at c a, to receive. the screws which unite the pad with thetree or plate and other parts ofthe saddie; The plate is also perforated around its edge to receive the nails or :rivets which secure the internal covering-leather, D, and also the material which is used to cover the pad.

, B" is the housing, and J is a transverse loop, provided with a screw/threaded shank, secured to' a nut on the under side of the leather D.

The tree or plate E is provided with upwardly-projecting side flanges, whichl extend from. the nut which receives the terret-screw to the end of the plate; and it is formed with a depression or recess, E', at its outer end to receive the end ofthe back-strap F. The plate E has also an aperture and` lugs for thenut G, which is secured to it. The shank of the terret-screw is secured by this nut, and the yoke His also adjustably connected to this nut', lThe plate is perforated on each side of the'terz'etscrew, and tapped for the rccep tion of the screws b t', which unite the various parts composing the saddle. A downwardly-curved metallic piece, c, which corresponds with the recess in the metallic pad-plate B, is riveted or otherwise secured on the under side ol the plate E, and its into the depression in the pad-plate. An additional aperture, k, maybe ymade in the plate, if desired, for the adjustmentof the back-strap by means of the screw b. F is the back-strap, and K is an outer or finishing leather, which is applied between the anges on the plate E.

With a pad having the construction as hereinbefore described, with its metal plate and housing, and having the loop J secured thereto, to assemble the dilterent parts of the sad- ;dle, the plate E,witl1 the curved plate c and terret-nut attached thereto,` is applied to the pad; the back-strap is inserted through the loop J and rests in the recess in the end ofthe plate E 5 the outer leather, K, is placed between the flanges in the plate; the yoke is secured over the nut Gr, the terretscrew I inserted, and all the parts are secured permanently by means or" the screws b b. In some cases I dispense with the housing B', as it is evident that a saddleniight be readily made without it.

In harness-saddles, with an adjustable yoke or bridge, as hitherto. constructed, the terretshank has displaced the filling of the pad, and thus not only-rendered it uncomfortable to the animal, but made it unsightly, and the covering of the pad was rapidly worn out, and frequently had to be replaced by an entirely new one.

I am aware thatit is not new, broadly, to construct a harness-'saddle with an adjustable yoke, nor with an outer metallic plate or tree having side anges, nor .to construct such plate with a recess for the back-strap; but

-What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters lPatent, is

l. ln a harness-saddle, apad provided with the metallic plate B, having the depression or recess C, and secured to the pad, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a harness-saddle, the combination of the pad provided with the metallic plate B, having the depression or recess C, the lions ing B', the plate or tree E, with side flanges ring;r I, with its nut G, backstrap F, lop J'f and recess E', the yoke H, tenet-ring I, with and outer leather, K, constructed and 00mits nut G, and back-strap F, all constructed bined substantially as and for the purpose substantially as shown and described. specified.

3. Inahamess-sa/ddle thepad provided with 'a PETER BURNS. the metallic plate B, laving recess O, the Witnesses: housing B', the plate or tree E, with side FRED FRAsER, flanges and recess E', the yoke H, terret- W. F. PARDEE. 

